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recipio

recipio

Latin

Verb

recipiō (present infinitive recipere, perfect active recēpī, supine receptum); third conjugation iō-variant

  1. I take back (i.e., regain possession of something).
    1. (by extension, of a city) I recapture.
      • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 26.1
        Ea tum cura maxime intentos habebat Romanos, non ab ira tantum, quae in nullam unquam ciuitatem iustior fuit, quam quod urbs tam nobilis ac potens, sicut defectione sua traxerat aliquot populos, ita recepta inclinatura rursus animos uidebatur ad ueteris imperii respectum.
        This concern in particular troubled the mindful Romans at the time, not so much because of anger, which has never been more justified against any other city, rather because a city so noble and powerful, in the same way that it had attracted the support of a number of communities by its revolt, was thought would again turn attention back towards respect for the previous government once recaptured.
  2. I receive

Inflection

   Conjugation of recipio (third conjugation -variant)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present recipiō recipis recipit recipimus recipitis recipiunt
imperfect recipiēbam recipiēbās recipiēbat recipiēbāmus recipiēbātis recipiēbant
future recipiam recipiēs recipiet recipiēmus recipiētis recipient
perfect recēpī recēpistī recēpit recēpimus recēpistis recēpērunt, recēpēre
pluperfect recēperam recēperās recēperat recēperāmus recēperātis recēperant
future perfect recēperō recēperis recēperit recēperimus recēperitis recēperint
passive present recipior reciperis, recipere recipitur recipimur recipiminī recipiuntur
imperfect recipiēbar recipiēbāris, recipiēbāre recipiēbātur recipiēbāmur recipiēbāminī recipiēbantur
future recipiar recipiēris, recipiēre recipiētur recipiēmur recipiēminī recipientur
perfect receptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect receptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect receptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present recipiam recipiās recipiat recipiāmus recipiātis recipiant
imperfect reciperem reciperēs reciperet reciperēmus reciperētis reciperent
perfect recēperim recēperīs recēperit recēperīmus recēperītis recēperint
pluperfect recēpissem recēpissēs recēpisset recēpissēmus recēpissētis recēpissent
passive present recipiar recipiāris, recipiāre recipiātur recipiāmur recipiāminī recipiantur
imperfect reciperer reciperēris, reciperēre reciperētur reciperēmur reciperēminī reciperentur
perfect receptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect receptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present recipe recipite
future recipitō recipitō recipitōte recipiuntō
passive present recipere recipiminī
future recipitor recipitor recipiuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives recipere recēpisse receptūrus esse recipī receptus esse receptum īrī
participles recipiēns receptūrus receptus recipiendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
recipere recipiendī recipiendō recipiendum receptum receptū

Related terms

Descendants

  • Occitan : recebre
  • Portuguese: receber, receita
  • Romanian: recepe (borrowing)
  • Romansh: retschaiver, retscheiver, ratschever, retschever, artschaiver
  • Sicilian: arricìviri
  • Spanish: recibir
  • Venetian: riséver, risevar

References

  • recipio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recipio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “recipio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to gain some one's friendship; to become intimate with: in amicitiam alicuius recipi
    • to take courage again: animum recipere (Liv. 2. 50)
    • to take a person under one's protection: in fidem recipere aliquem (B. G. 2. 15. 1)
    • to recover one's reason, be reasonable again: ad bonam frugem se recipere
    • to welcome to one's house (opp. to shut one's door against some one): tecto, (in) domum suam aliquem recipere (opp. prohibere aliquem tecto, domo)
    • to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem
    • to retake a town: oppidum recipere
    • to deal mercifully with some one: in fidem recipere aliquem (Fam. 13. 16)
    • to withdraw one's forces: se recipere (B. G. 7. 20)
    • to save oneself by flight: se fuga recipere (B. G. 1. 11)
    • (ambiguous) it is traditional usage: more, usu receptum est
    • (ambiguous) the cavalry covers the retreat: equitatus tutum receptum dat